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PHOENIX, Page Nine% W M IS:sr%W& &THERE TUESDAY, GONE WEDNESDAY: That old blue Plymouth which has been blocking thefire zone and hydrant at the corner of Clinton and Joralemon Sts. for weeks, was finally towedaway, a few days following a PHOENIX editorial which pointed out the difficulties our Brooklynpolice precincts run into when they want a vehicle towed away. Brooklyn based tow truckswould do much to alleviate our problem of illegally parked cars which clog our streets andimpede fire and sanitation operations. (PHOENIX Photo)The Peter PrincipleBY PETER J. ROBERTSIt was not an unusual day. Racquel Welch did not come into the office looking for a friend. The bank statement proved that I was not a member of the nouveauriche. The army did not forget my low draft number and the weather was not warm and sunny. The only saving grace to the entire day was that it was called %u201c Friday%u201d and thereby signaled a two day rest between the start of more letters from the bank.I went into the bar on Seventh Ave., as I have done for some time and will continue to do until Miss Welch calls me over to her place. I have become accustomed to drinking beer on Friday afternoons as a sort of religious rite, giving thanks to the gods for making it through one more week.This particular afternoon the place was deserted, save for myself and a gentleman by the name of Sam. Sam, to my knowledge, has no visible means of support, except for the bar stool which bears his name, nor does he have a last name. Being preoccupied with the eminent demise of a bottle of whiskey, he was not inclined to even the most casual conversation. The barmaid, a young thing by the name of Trixey, was busy subtracting the bottles consumed from those on hand which she proudly called %u201c inventory.%u201d Trixey, who is not known for vast intellectual feats, had more than enough to do just mastering the intracacies of subtraction, so she had no time or ability to converse with me or with Sam.I was well into my second beer when She came into the bar. She, the lady who in spirit guided me and millions of others to and from work every day; She, the very ideal of all that was good and decent in America; She, the woman of charm and enlightenment whose very name brought tears to the eyes of Transitworkers; She, the beautiful, the alive; Miss Subways.I could not have been mistaken. I had seen her face on too many subway cars and read her story too many times next to the Preparation!! ads to draw any other conclusion. She was indeed the girl of my dreams, the one girlin a ll n f Rrnnlrlvn w hn nnulH r%u00bbr%u00bbf Ko.Liberation Movement.She sat down a discreet two bar stools away from my own, neatly removing the gum from her mouth and wrapping the wad in a piece of paper that was kindly provided by Trixey. Here was no ordinary woman, but one that would never think of confusing the taste of gum and beer at the same time. After ordering the brew she took time to survey the bar, eyeing myself and Sam.Her garb bespoke of a quieter time when women knew their true place in the home and in society. The soft and easy colors of her metallic blouse and flaming pink skirt gave evidence to her civilized manners and charming disposition. Out of the corner of my eye I saw that she was once again eyeing me out of the corner of her eye. I began to call forth the images of providence and to wonder what final destiny was to come of this meeting of the most high and the most low. Could the god of us all, the one who watched over that great turnstile in the sky, could he have in store for us to ride the IRT of life together in the harmony that comes from making the train on time? My mind raced in recalling her story and it was then that I remembered the young doctor to whom she was engaged. Could they have decided to meet at this out of the way bar to avoid the crush of her thousands of admirers and the click of the ever present press cameras? Would I soon be witnessing a clandestine meeting of lovers? Would all the hopes that now filled my innards be quashed by the entrance of Dr. Kildare?But what could I, a mere traveler on the majestic cruisers graciouslyprovided by the Transit Authority and over which she reigned, what could I say to her? Surely she had seen all and done all. Surely there was no place in her life for the likes of myself.But again, as if just being in her presence was not enough, she even began to make conversation.%u201c Cold out, ain%u2019t it,%u201d she said.We spend the next three hours talking about her. She didn%u2019t like the liberation movement; she voted for Nixon; she broke up with her young doctor because he would ruin her career, she was homecoming queen at college, for hobbies she liked being an American and watching T.V.; she reads the Readers Digest without fail every month and she believes in flying saucers.I know now that I will never see her again. She has left New York and her home on Seventh Ave. to do commercials for a prominent midwestern beer manufacturer. And I, after assessing the experience I had with her, have become an advocate of womens%u2019 liberation.\Black mother take coversee your black child make itBlack child, you won%u2019t bewildfine and sweet, mother childLife is wild, like wind andturbulance, hold on wedge,force, our turn is here,Mother child love is wild.- - Tony VozzoDo you have something to say?W e w e lc o m e y o u r contributions tothe P H O E N IX Com m unity F o ru m P a g ePrefer 5 0 0 - 7 5 0 w o rd le n g th .Send Y o u r M a te ria l to: Editor,P H O E N IX , 132 C linton St., B rooklyn.DC MarchersPlea For PeaceThe People%u2019s Coalition for Peace and Justice caiis upon feiiow citizens to join in a MARCH AGAINST DEATH and for Peace in Vietnam in Washington, D.C. on January 20th. 1973.We will march in support of our main demands, to: Stop the Bombing; Sign the Peace Treaty; Cut off Funds for the War; Get Out of Indo-China.PCPJ calls upon Americans throughout the land to join in a three day period of focused action for Peace and Justice during the weekend of January 19-21.We urge every community to declare Friday, Jan. 19, %u201c Sign the Peace Treaty Day%u201d %u2014 and pledge its efforts to securing the widest grass roots support for our demands that Nixon sign the accords and Congress cut-off war funds. Our affiliates have already scheduled major communitybased actions in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Rochester, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, and Boston. PCPJ supports in full the call to an Inauguration of Conscience January 19-21 issued yesterday by The American Friends Service Committee and Clergy and Laity Concerned.PCPJ calls upon all peaceminded groups throughout the world to join in solidarity with our March Against Death in Washington, D.C. on January 20th. We appeal to all national peace movements to demonstrate in support of our demands to Stop the Bombing and Sign the Peace Treaty Now! We support the international call to action on January 20th issued jointly by the Stockholm Conference on Vietnam and the International Confederation for Peace and Disarmament.PCPJ wishes to express its profound appreciation and support for actions of Australian, Italian, and more recently Norwegian Seaman%u2019s unions in refusing to handle United States ships. We have sent communications to longshore and seaman%u2019s unions in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, and Japan expressing support, solidarity, and encouragement for any groups that wish to follow the Australian and Italian examples.The People%u2019s Coalition for Peace and Justice (PCPJ) is composed of a wide variety of national organizations including the American Friends Service Committee, Clergy and Laity Concerned, Women Strike For Peace, War Resisters League, Episcopal Peace Fellowship, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, National Welfare Rights Organization, Southern Conference Education Fund; and a host .of regional groups such as the New York City Vietnam Peace Parade Committee. PCPJ was formerly known as the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, the group which organized the historic peace mobilization and March AgainstDeath on November 13-15, I9b9.That 1969 mobilization, march, and moratorium was organized to expose the deceit of Richard Nixon%u2019s pre-election promise in 1968 that he had a %u201c secret plan for peace.%u201d In the face of a majority movement for peace, Nixon was compelled to initiate the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam.Now %u2014 four years later %u2014 m another pre-election promise, Richard Nixon again deceived the American people through the Oct. 26, 1972 announcement by his emissary Henry Kissinger that %u201c peace is at hand.%u201dThe New York Times reported on November 5 that Richard Nixon sent an official message to Prime Minister Pham Van Dong, of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (D RV) declaring that: %u201c The United States appreciates the good will and serious attitude of the D.R.V.N. The text of the agreement can now be considered complete.%u201d The White House has never denied sending this message.Six days later the DRV made public a summary of the nine point agreement and reported that the U.S. had broken its promise to sign the accords by October 31. In an unparalleled act of political deceit and diplomatic duplicity, Richard Nixon has gone back on his official word in order to maintain the discredited and dictatorial client regime of General Thieu in Saigon.That broken promise has turned into the nightmare of U.S. blitzkreig bombing over Hanoi and Haiphong that is unsurpassed in the history of air warfare. Saturation carpet bombing by B52%u2019s, aimed at terrorizing a civilian population revealed that Nixon%u2019s real plan was for the %u201c peace%u201d of a graveyard. The world is horrified at this crime against humanity. The storm of international opposition is mounting in fury.Nixon says that war critics may %u201c possibly prolong the negotiations.%u201d This is the same language he%u2019s used for years to fend off his critics in Congress. We say the President should be the people%u2019s servant and not the reverse. For 12 years, through three administrations, the American people have been lied to and deceived with promise upon promise to end the war. We want no more promises. With the stroke of his pen to the October 20 accords, Richard Nixon can end the war.He must be compelled to sign the October 20th accords now, just as he was compelled more than four years ago to initiate the withdrawal of American ground troops from Vietnam.PCPJ believes that the accords agreed to on October 20th represents the first major step toward peace in Vietnam. We believe that the overwhelming majority of the American people want those accords signed now!mmWE BUY P H O TO G R A P H SJThe P H O E N IX is se ek in g p h o to g ra p h s o fcu rren t n ew s a n d fe a tu re v a lu e fo rpublication. Wt> will fhft11# ^ jA. fnr %u00a3% 4m Ihi *%&***,%u00a3*%u00bb.pu b lish ed . S ubm it photos to Editor, P H O E N IX ,132 C linton St. U nused photos m a y be p ic k e dup a t o ffice . W e are in te re s te d o n ly in photoso f c u rre n t ac tiv ities o r c u rre n t new s, civic o rsocial ev en ts . D e a d lin e fo r each issue isM o n d a y noon.gagmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm rnMm